{"id":1393662,"date":"2022-03-22T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393662"},"modified":"2022-03-22T09:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T13:29:54","slug":"covid-forever-austria-already-set-to-bring-back-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-forever-austria-already-set-to-bring-back-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Forever: Austria Already Set to Bring Back Mask Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-forever-austria-already-set-to-bring-back-mask-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1393662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Just two weeks after lifting indoor mask mandates, the Austrian government is set to reintroduce the mandates this week after a surge in Chinese coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian\u00a0Health Minister Johannes Rauch has announced that mandatory indoor mask-wearing will resume across Austria starting on Wednesday and that FFP2 medical-grade masks will be required.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn the past few days, experts have corrected the forecasts for the course of the omicron wave. In many hospitals, retirement and nursing homes, the staffing situation is tense. We have to take action,\u201d Rauch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johannes_rauch\/status\/1504885708917514248?s=20&#038;t=2Onof4t8jhdXkpQVmpj7Mg\">said<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>While the mask mandate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/17\/massive-u-turn-austria-to-repeal-almost-all-corona-apartheid-rules-targeting-unvaxxed\/\">was lifted<\/a> for most indoor activities, it remained in place in certain areas, such as supermarkets, banks, pharmacies and public transport and in the Austrian capital of Vienna, which maintained the mask mandate after March 5th, <em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2658348\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Failed Experiment: Austria Suspends &#8216;Not Proportionate&#8217; Forced Vaccination Requirement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhricKdk0s\">https:\/\/t.co\/HhricKdk0s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1501630896771940355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/austria-reintroduce-face-mask-coronavirus-case-surge\/\">report<\/a> from the website Politico, Health Minister\u00a0Rauch admitted that easing Wuhan virus restrictions may have come too early as cases have increased over the last two weeks with over 64,000 new cases recorded on March 17th, alone, the highest number of daily cases of the entire pandemic, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/region\/euro\/country\/at\">statistics<\/a> from the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n<p>The number of deaths attributed to the virus, however, has remained lower than levels seen in late November and early December of 2020, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/09\/failed-experiment-austria-suspends-not-proportionate-forced-vaccination-requirement\/\">announced<\/a> earlier this month that it would be dropping the controversial mandatory vaccination policy which could have seen members of the public fined or being sent to prison for not being vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>While the mandatory vaccination policy has been halted, it could, like mask mandates, be implemented in the future according to both Health Minister Rauch and Constitutional Minister\u00a0Karoline Edtstadler.<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus vaccination still remains a priority of the government and a new campaign called \u201cVaccinated Together\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2660928\">launched<\/a> this week by the federal government to encourage more residents to take the jab.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just two weeks after lifting indoor mask mandates, the Austrian government is set to reintroduce the mandates this week after a surge in Chinese coronavirus cases. 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